Tue.Apr 15, 2025

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Overcoming Fear and Seeking Solidarity: How We Must Defend Our Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Photo by Anton on Unsplash This past weekend, a friend asked me, How are you really ? The first word that came to mind was lonely. Freezing in placeis rarely a winning strategy, even if it is dressed up as such. Not because I dont have a great team and a loving family, but because professionally, Im sensing the fear gripping all of us as the federal administration threatens our community, our organizations, and even our industry.

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Fundraiser Burnout Is Hurting Charities. New Report Explains Why, Offers Fixes

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Fundraisers great empathy makes them prone to burnout. Changes in the workplace and by fundraisers themselves can help reduce the problem. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Fundraisers great empathy makes them prone to burnout. Changes in the workplace and by fundraisers themselves can help reduce the problem.

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5 takeaways on individual giving from Blackbaud Institute’s 2024 Spotlight 

Candid

The Blackbaud Institutes 2024 Trends in Giving Spotlight report estimates that U.S. nonprofits saw an average 1.9% uptick in individual giving last year, based on data from a sample of 8,674 organizations with over $55 billion in total fundraising revenue. Here are five takeaways from the report about trends by subsector and organization size, in online giving, and in average gift size. 1.

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Prioritize These 4 High-Yield Individual Giving Strategies to Address Threats to Your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

In response to uncertainty, organizations often react unwisely. Here's how to reframe your philanthropy approach in such times.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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10 things fundraisers should be doing NOW

Jeff Brooks

From The Agitator, a detailed and transformational list of things nonprofits should be doing in these hard times: DONT EAT THE SEED CORN: A Checklist for Fundraisers in Tough Times. Do Not Cut Acquisition or Retention Spending. Chances are, someone in your organization will want to make these cuts! It looks painless. But it will strangle your future — both the immediate and long-term.

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What’s Trending Now? Accurate and Reliable Data

NonProfit PRO

Data is an important tool for nonprofits, but not all data is created equal. Here are several tips for validating potential data sources.

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Listen Now: Steps Leaders Can Take Today to Bridge Divides

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Tim Dixon, co-founder of More in Common, joins Chronicle CEO Stacy Palmer to offer research-based strategies leaders can use to bridge divides in the workplace and in their communities. Tune in as Stacy asks Tim to walk listeners through his approaches to persuading people with widely different views to unite and get things done.

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Working With Cracks

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Adam Kahane An excerpt from Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems on finding the leverage points for change

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Navigating Uncertainty: Total Rewards Considerations for Nonprofits

NonProfit HR

In todays climate of uncertainty from executive orders, economic shifts due to tariffs, labor market changes, global events nonprofits are finding themselves balancing an increased demand for services with … Read more The post Navigating Uncertainty: Total Rewards Considerations for Nonprofits appeared first on.

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Announcing the 2025 Nonprofit Tech for Good Survey! ✅

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Do you work with a nonprofit, charity, or NGO? If yes, please share your knowledge and experience by taking the 2025 Nonprofit Tech for Good Survey ! The survey consists of 20 easy-to-answer questions about website and email marketing, online fundraising, social media marketing, and artificial intelligence. Depending upon your answers, the survey only requires 3-7 minutes to complete.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Taxes, Race, and Justice: Confronting “Quiet Violence” Against Black Americans

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Maven Collaborative illustration This article is the first in a three-part series, Quiet Violence: How the Tax System Works Against Black Americans , co-produced by The Maven Collaborative and NPQ. This series explores how the taxation systems quiet violence enacted against Black Americans leads not only to financial inequality but also to stolen legacies, futures, peace, and healthand presents solutions for equitable change.

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A Tariff 'Tidal Wave': Higher Costs, Donor Pullback, More Budget Pain

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Costs for food, clothing, and housing all look set to rise, causing new problems for charities and their clients. By Ben Gose Broomfield FISH Broomfield Fish, a Denver-area charity with a nearly $5 million budget, offers a food pantry and other services. It helped a record 15,000 people last year and is bracing for another record year in 2025. President Trumps shifting approach to tariffs is adding new headaches for nonprofits already grappling with chaos related to executive orders from his ad

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Putting an End to Quiet Violence: What Tax Justice Looks Like

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: The Maven Collaborative This article concludes a three-part series, Quiet Violence: How the Tax System Works Against Black Americans , co-produced by The Maven Collaborative and NPQ. This series explores how the taxation systems quiet violence enacted against Black Americans leads not only to financial inequality but also to stolen legacies, futures, peace, and healthand presents solutions for equitable change.

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Taxation, Black Americans, and the Environment: What Altadena Teaches Us

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Maven Collaborative illustration This article is the second in a three-part series, Quiet Violence: How the Tax System Works Against Black Americans , co-produced by The Maven Collaborative and NPQ. This series explores how the taxation systems quiet violence enacted against Black Americans leads not only to financial inequality but also to stolen legacies, futures, peace, and healthand presents solutions for equitable change.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.